What does your rental software really cost?

For 5 listings at $150 a night and 60% occupancy, property management software costs from $64 a month (Host Tools Messaging, $0.70 per booked night) to $174 (Hostfully Growth). Hospitable's Essentials plan costs nothing, with fewer features. Dynamic pricing adds $80 to $137 a month.

Property management software costs $19.99 to $114 a month for 1 listing, $64 to $174 a month for 5 listings and $103 to $249 a month for 10 listings, on each one's cheapest plan billed monthly, at $150 a night and 60% occupancy. Dynamic pricing adds $19.99 to $27.38 for 1 listing and $144.90 to $273.75 for 10 listings.

On the cheapest property management plan, $19.99 a listing a month at 1 listing (Tokeet), $10.30 a listing a month at 10 listings (Host Tools) and $7.00 a listing a month at 50 listings (Host Tools); the dearest is $114.00 for one listing (Hostfully).

Tokeet at $19.99 a month billed monthly, at $150 a night and 60% occupancy. Hospitable also has a free plan, Essentials: unlimited properties, but some features cost extra (for example a 10% fee on custom upsells). It isn't in the price comparisons.

With the cheapest property management system and the cheapest pricing tool together, 1.46% of bookings at 1 listing ($39.98 a month), 1.05% of bookings at 5 listings ($143.95 a month), 0.91% of bookings at 10 listings ($247.90 a month) and 0.6% of bookings at 50 listings ($824.50 a month), at $150 a night and 60% occupancy, where a listing books $2,738 a month.

A monthly fee plus a share of bookings: Guesty Lite - LiteOptimizer (1% plus $9 a month for one listing) and Smoobu Professional Flex (0.9% plus $32.49 a month for one listing). A share of bookings only: Uplisting Pay as you go (3% or 1.5%), PriceLabs 1% revenue plan, Wheelhouse PRO FLEX (1%, at least $2.99 a listing), Beyond Growth (1%) and Beyond Pro (1.25%). A rate per booked night: iGMS FLEX ($1 a booked night, $20 to $31 a listing a month). Every other plan is a monthly fee set by how many listings you have.

It can. Of its single fee Airbnb says “This fee structure is mandatory for most hosts, including traditional hospitality listings (e.g., hotels, serviced apartments, etc.), hosts who use property management software, and hosts in countries subject to this fee structure.” At the same prices one listing at $150 a night and 60% occupancy pays $4,106 more a year on the 15.5% single fee than on the 3% split fee.